Music-rack



PATE-NT "OFFICE ARTHUR SCHFFER,

l QF DBUQU, IOWA.. y

muslo-RACK..

Specification forming fart of Letters Patent No. 89,084, dated A pril :10, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

' `Be it known that I, ARTHUR SCHFFER, of Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have ini-ented a new and' Improved Music-Rack and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speciiifree end of the standard B, and to their outer free ends the sections c c are pivoted, 'so that cation, in which- Y Figure l is a perspective'view of my yirnproved music-rack opened and ready for use as a support for sheet-music. Fig. 2 isa perspective view.of the rack closed. Fig. 3 is a -front view of the rack open.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures. f

This invention is designed to aii'ord a portable' rack or holder for sheet-music or other 'printed or written', bound or unbound matr ter, which rack is so constructed of sections jointed together as to fold into a very small compass, 'andwhich is l provided with means for supporting the sections in properposition when unfolded, as will be 'hereinafter-exv.

plained.

y Toenable othersskilled in the art to understand my invention,I will describe its con struction andjoperation. v In the accompanying drawings, AA repre` sentjtwo sections of equal length, ivhi'ch are pivoted. to one end of a section, B? of similar length, and constructed of right-angular shape in cross-section, so as to afford, when folded,

as'shown in Fig. 2, a case for receiving` the other sections lcomposing the -rack,-Tand when opened, Vas shown in Figs. l and 3, to afford a ledge for supporting the lowei` edge of a piecev f vof sheet-music or ,other unbound or bound matter. For the purpose of holding the right- I angular pieces A A in' place when folded against the lcentral piece, 'B, pins.i i are fast-y ened to the said pieces AfA, which pins are received by perforations made in the edges of this centraly piece,.and which will hold" the *pieces together -by' friction with sufficient sef- 'curity for all practical purposes. Instead of depending upon thesepins i for thispurp'ose,

hogk-fastenings or a rubber band applied to-A the rack when foldedwill keep the partsin The pins "i i are more vparticularly,

used for keeping in place and forming attachl ments for the side-pieces, calor' the rack, as

shown in Figs; l and 2. When the pieces A A are opened to'their fullest extent, their piv-v oted ends will abut', 'andwthe centralv piece, B, will be perpendicular to these pieces, andforin -a central standard'ior the upper sections, C C, of therack, yas shownin Figs..1 and 3. The two sections C,- C. are pivoted at d d tothe when adjusted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, they serve, in conjunction with the central standard, B, asa frame or back support for' sheet-music` or other printed or written matter. Each one of thestripsC C c`c is equal'in length -to the sections A A B, ,and these strips are so connected by joints that they can be folded over the standard B, fand received in the' place these two pieces are shut, as shown in Fig. 2L By thus hinging togethertheseveral pieces composing the rack, it will be seen that they can be folded closely together into a space -equal in length to the length of one section B,

and thus made so small as to be veryportable and convenient for carrying in the pocket..

adjusted in a straight line, the two sections C of several holes through the piece'D, a good back support for the lframe w'ill befafforded.

arepteferably made of-hard wood; but, if de.-v sirable, they may be made `of metal.

, To erect the rack,. the two sections-A A are lC are spread out in a'straightline parallel to i A A, `and the two end sections, c c, are turned adown perpendicular to lA C, and their 'ends thus forming arectangular frame. 4This frame standard and constructed with a` pin, p, on its of the 'slot in standard'B, and is' also about,-

standard they will not occupyaspace greater than the thickness of this standard, and by and inserting the pin p of the prop E into one-` The sections constituting the improved rackk :Able rack of right-angle stripsA A, united by 2 1 ssm'sfl es neng' and' desirevto secure by-Letters Patent, in its slot; the peforated piece D and prop 1. The coustruction'of the base of a portn- 0.0 and A A, substantially as desqpibed.

ARTHUR SCHA'FFER.

Havingdescribed-my inventingwhatI-elaim d l'2. The slotte( vstfvmdard B, having pivoted pivotsto a central standard, in .eombnation Wihvesses:

with hinged pieces .C Gand pins i i, arranged WMLE, WIEHE, substantially es described.k f V- v WIEL-AND OsWALn.

E, andlhaving pivoted to its ends thepiees` f 

